简介:InthisarticletheUDFscriptfileintheFluentsoftwarewasrewrittenasthe'connectingfile'fortheFluentandtheANSYS/ABAQUSinorderthatthejoinedfilecanbeusedtodoaero-elasticcomputations.InthiswaythefluidfieldiscomputedbysolvingtheNavier-Stokesequationsandthestructuremovementisintegratedbythedynamicsdirectly.Ananalysisofthecomputedresultsshowsthatthiscoupledmethoddesignedforsimulatingaero-elasticsystemsisworkableandcanbeusedfortheotherfluid-structureinteractionproblems.
简介:AnumericalcasestudyonidentifyingtheoptimumnumberofbucketsforaPeltonturbineispresented.Threeparameters:numberofbuckets,bucketradialpositionandbucketangularpositionaregroupedsincetheyarefoundtobeinterrelated.Byidentifyingthebestcombinationoftheradialandangularpositionforeachnumberofbucketsitisshownthatreductioninthenumberofbucketsbeyondthelimitsuggestedbytheavailableliteraturecanimprovetheefficiencyandbebeneficialwithregardtothemanufacturingcomplexityandcostperspective.Theeffectofthisreductioninthenumberofbucketswasconfirmedexperimentally.
简介:Basedonestablishednumericalmethodsandhydrodynamicperformancetestingfacilities,CFDtechniqueareappliedtoimprovethedesignoftheimplantableaxialflowbloodpumpandtheflowanalysis.(1)Applyingbrushlessmachinemagnetsteel,reducingitsthicknesswhileincreasingthelength,theflowchannel'scross-sectionisincreased,withnospaceconnectionbetweenthelargeandthesmallrotators,andwithaconetransitionsegmentfromthebearingtotheprincipalaxis,theflowismadesmoother.Therotatingspeedisloweredby1000rpm-1200rpmunderthesameflowrateandpressurehead,andthusthehemolysiscanbeavoided.(2)Differentoutletstatorguidingvanesareselectedforthesamebloodpumpforanalysesofhydrodynamicperformancesandflowfields.Anexcellentdesignnotonlycanregulatetherotatingflowfieldintoanaxialone,reducethecirculationlossandimprovethepumpefficiency,butalsocanavoidbackflow,vortexandsecondaryflowatthepumpoutlet,andthusthethrombuscanbeprevented.(3)Thecalflivetestsshowthatsomeresidualclotsexistattheinnerwalloftheoutletconnectionbends,whichareanalyzedandexplainedbyCFDtechniquesandthecorrespondingimprovementsareproposed.AllresultsareverifiedbyhydrodynamicperformancetestsandPIVflowfieldtests,andconsistentconclusionsareobtained.
简介:水泵吸水管口安装方式决定了吸水管的内部流态,会直接影响到水泵效能的发挥。本文通过建立CFD模型模拟吸水管内部流态,对吸水管口安装方式的流动参数进行比较分析,确定最优的吸水管口安装方式,以便充分发挥泵站的整体效益。